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'Too much wind' for turbines

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An iconic image from Scotland's storms this week was a spectacular photograph of a wind turbine exploding in flames, but why did it happen? Is it true that wind turbines really can't cope with wind? Paul Marks of the New Scientist explains why this happened.


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